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E. V. C. WEYAND. GARMENT MATERIAL. APPLICATKON FILED JUNE 26, 1920.

1,374,970. Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

' A I u i 2 SHEETSSHEET 1- IN VENTOR ATTORNEYS E. V. C. WEYAND.

GARMENT MATERIAL. APPLlCATlON F lLED JUNE26| 1920.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

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UNITED. STATES,

' nmrn' v. c. WEYAND, or NEW "203x; 1:. Y.

GARMENT MATERIAL.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

a Application-filed June 26, 1920. Serial No. 392,140.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known t at I, EDITH V. C. WEY- AND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhat- 5 tan, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have made and invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Garment Materials, of which the followingis a specification.

y material specially adapted for themaking of ladies blouses, dresses,negliges and similar garments. a a

The object of the invention is to provide a' strip of textile fabricordinarily spoken of as a bolt or roll,'preferably formed of cotton,linen, silk or other material, and so arranged that garments of highlyartistic and pleasing appearance can be easily and economically madetherefrom and will'possess all of the characteristics of hand decoratedgarments.

Afurther object is to provide a new garment material as above outlinedwhich, is composed of recurring uniform areas or sections, each area orsection being ornamented so as to form the front or back of a highly.artistic'garment. The uniformly recurring ornamentations in each area orsection do not in any way restrict or define the outline of the finishedgarment, so that the material may be sold directly to a customer for themaking up of a single garment of any. desired size or the material maybe utilized by the ordinary garment manufacturer for the making up oflarge quantities of garments of various sizes. I A further object is toprovide a garment material so ornamented and composed that 40 whenformed into ladys blouse it will possess a highly artistic and pleasingappearance, similar to a hand decorated and much more expensive garmentand at the same time provides a method for forming a garment with aminimum amount of cutting, sewing and other labor, the finished garmentbeing composed of front and back formed and shaped according to. therequirements of the user.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appearas thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the novel garment materialand the process of forming ladies garments as hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes may be madewithin the invention relates -to a new garment a garment such as a scopeof the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The preferred embodiment of my inventlon is disclosed in theaccompanying drawwherein:

2 1 lgure 1 1s a view in perspective of. a

roll or bolt of my new garment material;

. Figs. 2 and 3 are plan views of portions I of the garment material;

Fig. 4 is a view in plan of a finished garment. constructed from thegarment material illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3;-

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a somewhat modified form of garm nt material,each division or section of the material adapted to form a completegarment; and Flgs. 6 and 7 are front and rear views of a garment formedfrom one division or section of the garment material illustrated in Fig.5.

n the formation of my new garment materlal a strip of textile fabric,usually silk or analogous material, is subjected 'to the action of aprinting roll or block printer which contains. certain designsand-ornamentations characteristic of the desired appearance and thevarious portions of the garment which is to be made therefrom. Theseornamentations and designs do not in any way. limit the shape or outlineof the completed garment. The printing process may also mark thematerial between each successive group of designs or ornamentations withtransverse lines, which will serve as guides in severing thematerial forthe sale thereof.

I have indicated the general character of thls ornamentation in thesample designs illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings and whereinit will be observed that each transverse division or section C bearsthereon certain ornamentations characteristic of various portions of thecompleted garment. For example, the ornamented area A will subsequentlyform the sleeve portion, the ornamented area B will subsequently formthe neck portion, and in like manner other portions of each transversedivision or seetion C may be ornamented according to the position itwill occupy in the completed garment. Each successive transversedivision or sectionwill therefore be made up in the present instance ofa sleeve motif A, a neck motif B, etc.

With the garment material asthus ornamented and arranged, the customerupon selecting a design suitable to her particular taste, purchases twoof the successive areas wh ch are marked off by the dividing lines D.The two areas 0 may then be out according. to the requirements of theuser and stitched or joined together in a suitable manner to form ablouse having a front and back and due to the printed ornamentationthereon will possess a highly pleasing and artistic appearance, similarto a hand decorated and highly expensive garment or blouse. v

It is to be understoodthat while I have described my invention andprocess as including the printing of an ornamentation on a strip oftextile fabric, it will be apparent that the ornamentation may be placedor impressed upon the material in other ways, it being merely necessarythat the ornamentation be placed upon the textile fabric in a uniformlyrecurring manner, dividing the material into transverse divisions orareas any two of which may be-cut and shaped to form the desiredgarment. Thus it will be apparent that the design or groupedornamentations may be woven into the material or in other waysincorporated therein.

The garment material illustrated in Fig. 3 is printed with thelongitudinal axis of the garment forming area extending transversely ofthe material, while the garment forming portions illustrated in Fig. 2have the longitudinal axis thereof coincidin with the longitudinal axisof the textile abric.

The somewhat modified form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and7 of the drawings discloses a strip or bolt of material which has'beendivided ofl" into succes sive transverse divisions by the lines E andeach division has imprinted or bears thereon various portion motifscharacteristic of the completed garment. Each division in this case,however, is suflicient to form a complete garment, the division beingalong the dotted lines F after havmg been first cut and formed to shape,as illustrated in Figs. 6 and'7. Each division may contain such designsand ornamentations as may be desired, the garment illustrated in thedrawings being provided with the front neck motif or portion G, the backneck portion or motif H the front peplum I and the back peplum am awarethat garment material has heretofore been marked off in differentpatterns so as to aid in the formation of garments but in all such casesthe material was marked off to indicate the lines along which thematerial was to .be cut so as to aid in the formation of the garment. Mynew garment material has no such object in view and bears no lines whichin any way limit or control the size or shape of the resulting my newgarment garment. Accordingly, material may be used for the formation ofmarcation between each particular portion of the folded garments ofvarious sizes and pending upon the individual'taste of the ma er, oraccording to certain different models of the garment manufacturer.

In connection with the foregoing it will be readlly appreciated that theline of desuccessive area or be omitted if so desired without departlngfrom the spirit of my invention, the lines D of Fig. 2 and lines E ofFig. being merely included so as to aid in severing the material fromthe original bolt.

at I claim to be new and original with me, is

1. A garment material composed of a strip of textlle fabric bearingthereon or having incorporated therein successively recurring groupeddesigns or ornamentations, each partlcular group being com osed ofvarious motifs, each motif being 0 aracteristic of particular portion ofthe completed garment the motif is to occupy.

2. A garment material composed of a strip of textile fabric marked offinto successive transverse divisions, each division bearing thereonvarious motifs characteristic of the completed gar ment the said motifis to occupy.

3. A process for forming a new garment material consisting in imprintingor placing' upon a strip of material a uniformly recurringornamentation, each ornamentation being composed of motifscharacteristic of the completed garment, and marking off said garmentmaterial in transverse divisions, each division containing one of saidornamentations, substantially as described.

4. A garment material composed of astrip of textile fabric havingimprinted or incorporated-therein or bearing thereon successlvelyrecurring grouped designs or grouped ornamentations, each group beingcomposed of various motifs characteristic of the particular portion ofthe completed garment the motif is to occupy, the areas or portions ofthe textile fabric strip characterized by the grouped designs or groupedornamentations adapted to be shaped to form complete garments. r

5. The process of forming a new garment .material consisting inimprinting or placshapes, de

